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‘Cows that efficiently convert feed into lots of milk, that also have high longevity with strong scores for health: These are the cows that dairy farmers like to see on their farms. Feed costs are high, land is expensive...

‘Our goal is to be able to offer our farmers the most interesting sires. Especially for smaller populations, it is then necessary to work with other AI companies.’ Speaking is Helmut Gossner from the German AI company Be...

‘JPI is a total index that is receiving a lot of attention, as is CM$. Both indexes help the breed by providing direction, and we look at both when making combinations and when choosing which sires to test. But: for over...

Undoubtedly one of the best sources of the Dutch Friesian breed (which lies at the foundation of the Holstein breed) is the Dutch AI company KI Kampen. Today this organization has a wide assortment of sires from various...

‘JPI is a total index that is receiving a lot of attention, as is CM$. Both indexes help the breed by providing direction, and we look at both when making combinations and when choosing which sires to test. But: for over...

Every summer, heat stress leads to lost milk production and supressed fertility rates in the modern dairy cow. Selection for more heat tolerant animals, incorporating the slick gene, providing housing conditions with bet...

The latest genetic disorder to be identified in the Holstein breed involves calves that appear normal but can’t stand up. It has taken researchers more than a year to unravel the details behind this affliction known as R...

Here follow the most prominent dams, foundation dams, and breeding icons behind the highest DNA and progeny proven sires from the recent April release - with a special role for an O-Man daughter originating from Idaho.

Golden-Oaks has been an important name in Holstein breeding for generations. Located in an urban setting close to Chicago, Golden-Oaks has been a successful dairy operation and breeder of elite Holstein genetics for 75 y...

‘It is one of the most significant, most elementary management decisions that I ever made. With exactly the same work, you achieve a much better economic result.’ This concludes Fraederk Meppen from the German region of...

With 103 cows >100,000 kg/220,000 lb milk and 29 cows >10,000 kg/22,000 lb fat+protein, the farm of the Knoef family (Big Holsteins) in eastern Netherlands is a true model of lifetime production. In addition, Big Holstei...

When we visited Ruegruet Holsteins almost 20 years ago, we found one of the most exciting addresses that Switzerland had to offer. Hardly any other farm had invested with similar intensity in top international families a...

Good conformation has been and remains important criteria for dairy farmers when selecting certain bulls for matings with their cows. And good conformation does not mean that other economically relevant traits cannot als...

In April 2022, his first progeny proven index appeared. But now, in April 2023, he breaks through to America’s TPI top-10 thanks to a significant jump of 149 points: Silverridge-V Einstein, good for 2996 TPI and +1.31 PT...

No wonder that she became world famous: Pietertje 2, the Friesian cow that emigrated to America and there set a world record for production that stood for no less than 24 years. At the same time, Pietertje 2 became the f...